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Collection Number: 03815

Collection Title: Richard Jente Collection of Proverbs, undated.

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Size About 5,000 items (7.5 linear feet).
Abstract Richard Jente was head of the Department of German, University of North Carolina, 1937-1953. The collection includes compilations, notes, and other papers related to Richard Jente's comparative study of proverbs in Latin, German, English, and perhaps other languages. Most notes are in the form of card files.
Creator Jente, Richard, 1888-1952.
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Richard Jente Collection of Proverbs, #3815, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2022

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Jente was head of the Department of German, University of North Carolina, 1937-1953.

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The collection includes ompilations, notes, and other papers related to Richard Jente's comparative study of proverbs in Latin, German, English, and perhaps other languages. Most notes are in the form of card files.

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Contents list

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About 5000 items.

Note that original file folder titles have, for the most part, been retained.

Folder 1

Stuttgart manuscript (photostat)

Folder 2-6

Folder 2

Folder 3

Folder 4

Folder 5

Folder 6

Typed and handwritten notes

Folder 7

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: A-C

Folder 8

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: D-F

Folder 9

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: G-K

Folder 10

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: L-O

Folder 11

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: P-S

Folder 12

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: T-V

Folder 13

Collection of notes on English and Scottish proverbs to the mid-eighteenth century: W-Z

Folder 14-18

Folder 14

Folder 15

Folder 16

Folder 17

Folder 18

Composition book

Folder 19

Commonplace book

Purchased from a London dealer because it was advertised as containing proverbs; book only contains two.

Folder 20

Proverbia Belgica

Folder 21

Jente's notes from Washington University

Folder 22-33

Folder 22

Folder 23

Folder 24

Folder 25

Folder 26

Folder 27

Folder 28

Folder 29

Folder 30

Folder 31

Folder 32

Folder 33

Notebooks

Chiefly in German.
Box 2

Loose notebooks and card files

Box 3

Card files

Box 4

Card files

Box 5

Card files

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